A college will welcome its first set of autistic students as a new campus is set to move onto the site.

Ambitious about Autism will open its new college with the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East (CONEL) London next July.

Jolanta Lasota, chief executive of Ambitious about Autism, said: ‘With fewer than one in four young people with autism accessing any form of education or training beyond school, specialist, local provision is more vital than ever before.

“Every young person has the right to access the education they need to have a promising future. We are delighted to be developing our Ambitious College campus in Haringey and to making the ordinary possible for young people with autism.”

The new centre will be named Pears Campus and based in Tottenham.

Andy Forbes, principal of CONEL, said: ‘We are delighted to be working with Ambitious College to provide the best learning environment for young people with autism at our Tottenham Centre.

“As a highly successful vocational further education college, we are dedicated to giving the best possible education and training to all students and helping them overcome any barriers they face. Above all, we want to be as ambitious as Ambitious About Autism and through this exciting partnership we aim to create an autism-confident environment for all our learners.”

Councillor Joe Goldberg, cabinet member for economic development, social inclusion and sustainability, said: “We’re determined to give every young person the skills, training and opportunities to fulfil their potential, and I’m delighted that Ambitious College will be providing this specialist provision here in Haringey.”

All young people at Ambitious College will be given a special curriculum as well as learning skills such as communication, literacy, numeracy and ICT.